This entertaining text details the methods and techniques employed by non-professional astronomers from all over the world, providing a wonderful resource for anyone wishing to build a small observatory of almost any kind. Its a fun read, too. Almost every amateur astronomer dreams of having a fixed observatory - this provides ideas and constructional details. Two books for the price of one - a free CD-ROM contains the entire first book, "Small Astronomical Observatories"! Ideas from around the world. Written for a broad audience, including non-astronomers.